The Forbidden Fork, the Cell Phone Holocaust, and Other Haredi Encounters with Technology

Contemporary Jewry

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-19

  Deutsch, Nathaniel ^a  

^a SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell phone; Haredim; Hasidim; Holocaust; Internet; Israel; Modernity; Technology; Ultra Orthodox Jews

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954396116     PISSN: 01471694     EISSN: 18765165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12397-008-9002-7     Document Type: Article

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